3 minutes ago, Herbie6590 said:

 

He won’t be happy about those green ones…

7 minutes ago, ItsRoverZ said:

Only person we can credit here is mercer

And Jim is coming home with the three points…

Sleeper agent activated…

Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division 

3 minutes ago, Sweaty Gussets said:

Ooh Ahh GALL-A-GHER

I say 

Ooh Ahh GAL-A-GHER

 

Ooh ahh obese grandma 

28 minutes ago, Spartakfenni said:

And a decent pitch to play on. Venkeys fuck Waggott off and get Alan Titchmarsh in.

Double deal for Coventry’s centre forward and head groundsman?

10 minutes ago, ItsRoverZ said:

Sell Vale + Gallagher and then bring in 2 strikers (one must be an experienced player, the other can be a youngster if that's what they want)

Send back morton and mola and block Liverpools number ha! Bring in a CM

Loan out phillips and bring in an experienced CB (dream would be JpvH)

Bring in a LB for competition or to take over for Pickering. (Someone mentioned manning from Swansea, he would be a class signing)

Job done no?

 

That all sounds good but I do think we need an ‘all action’ midfielder as well

9 minutes ago, simongarnerisgod said:

two centre forwards and a midfielder who can drive forwards with the ball,two strikers are pretty much a necessity

I’d aim for this, then left back and then wingers (we’ll probably get none of these!)

Nick Berry - Heartbeat 

2 minutes ago, CrouchingNunhiddenCucumber said:

They'll be bang up for it and Ainsworth will get them giving their all for the shirt as a minimum. I'm predicting a lot of grit not a lot of quality and a hard to watch 0-0 

On another note I wonder what Sunderland fans think of Tony's first death spiral.  They probably don’t even realise they’re in one yet in fairness 

Boiling frog syndrome?

2 minutes ago, broadsword said:

Compare and contrast to the people we have to endure now 

‘Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must’

Coventry take the lead - death spiral in full effect?

If we don’t go up, which positions do you think we most need to strengthen for next season’s starting eleven?

I’d go with left back, centre midfield (to pair with A. Wharton) and centre forward

After that, i think I’d be looking at bringing in a couple of ‘proper wingers’

In a strong position - I wonder if they’ll enforce the follow on if it is an option.

I think I would given it looks like more time could be lost to the weather.

A repeat of this would do…

https://www.premierleague.com/match/1306

10 minutes ago, SIMON GARNERS 194 said:

Absolutely...its just knowing what we had and now knowing what we have become can grind you down a touch,and some.

Which is worse, to have had and lost or to have never had?

Rovers have given me some of the best days of my life - and there’s nothing ‘they’ can do to take them away 

Oh Carol - Neil Sedaka 

1 hour ago, Devon Rover said:

Ouch, good luck for today. I am hoping 'pone' isn't some street lingo for penis...

Well whatever’s happening, it’s happening quickly…

3 hours ago, tomphil said:

Anyone who throws the entitled nonsense at Rovers fans has never spent much time in the company of Spurs.

Showed themselves right up that day both before and after.

Made it even sweeter…

I think our coach sang all the way back to Ewood 😀

We Built This City - Starship 

33 minutes ago, BigUts said:

I was thinking about this myself. I'm sure there would be a way of calculating this but we seem to be facing this nearly every 3rd or 4th game...it's likely confirmational bias on my part though 😁

11 minutes ago, M_B said:

Said on radio Lancs that this is the the 9th(ninth) this season, unless I misheard it. 

They credited Rich Sharpe with the stat.

I can only come up with (league only) Wigan plus this match.

plus Stoke appointing Alex Neil the day after they beat us

12 minutes ago, superniko said:

It's not to say Wharton would come in and play much better either, he might not. We've struggled a bit with injuries in fairness so JDT has had his hands tied, but it did feel like it took a long time to 'drop' Morton whereas he was quicker (rightly so) with Travis earlier in the season.

I've gone well off topic here to be fair. I guess what we're all saying is it’s a bloody shame we didn’t get O’Brien in!

Is it* - 3 assists in 43 appearances last season says otherwise 😁

*of course it is!

5 minutes ago, smiller14 said:

Assists is a flawed measure when looking at centre midfield performance. As DMTP says above, often they 'assist' the player who is credited with the assist. Tugay probably ranked pretty little in assists for us, but how often did he control a game? The best example I can think of is the goal vs Liverpool on Boxing Day - Tugay made Gerrard look silly, played a wonderful pass to MGP who set up McCarthy. 

Now, I'm not even remotely insinuating our centre midfields have 'ran games' or even played well, as that hasn't been true. I think they've been poor at times, and Morton has regressed considerably since Christmas. Buckley and Travis seem to be coming to, at least. 

According to the Premier League, Tugay had 14 assists in 233 games.